not up to scratch
Example Sentences
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Elkann said at an Olympics sponsorship event in Rome on Monday that the team's mechanics and engineers were performing well, but "if we look at the rest, it is not up to scratch".
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
The anonymous complaint claimed insufficient training and information meant contact tracing staff sometimes gave out incorrect and outdated advice, and that quality assurance measures were not up to scratch.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2022
The team quickly realized that holograms were not up to scratch; nor were a host of other technologies.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
Bits you never considered before are probably not up to scratch.
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2019
But the past few weeks have made it painfully obvious that the system is not up to scratch.
From Economist • Aug. 16, 2017
